Empire of infields : baseball in Taiwan and cultural identity, 1895-1968 / John J. Harney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harney, John J., author.

Contributor:

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sports and globalization.

Group identity.

Baseball--Political aspects.

Baseball.

History.

Taiwan.

Baseball--Taiwan--History.

Baseball--Political aspects--Taiwan.

Group identity--Taiwan.

Sports and globalization--Taiwan.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 212 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2019]

Summary:

"A history of baseball in colonial Taiwan, examining the sport's role in twentieth-century globalization, its use as a political outlet, and its contribution to Taiwan's complex cultural identity"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: National games

A Japanese sport in the colony

Waseda baseball and Japan's place in the world

Barnstormers or emissaries of empire?

The road to Kōshien

Kanō

Chiang's China and Taiwanese baseball

Echoes of empire

Hongye

Conclusion: Baseball's long goodbye.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9780803286825

0803286821

OCLC:

1063783437